This ENTIRE Subaru Engine IS SCRAP! So Much Damage In A FORESTER? EJ253 RIP

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  @Pmpautogroup · 3 years ago · pinned

  Pete here.  Y'all are welcome.  My guess is that this was a NASA experiment for the new shuttle engine program.  As we can see... It failed the first test.

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  @kiubnzeogurmuerseger · 3 years ago

  I vote for towed in gear. To have parts light blue / green / grey, those things easily got to ~600°f+.  Frankly it's amazing.

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  @edrannou3914 · 3 years ago

  When you hear the rod knocking, you have to drive really fast so you get home before it lets go. Or at least be closer to save on the towing charge.

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  @rawdurand · 3 years ago

  This engine gives new meaning to "internal combustion"

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  @Firefrei · 3 years ago

  For those wondering, for the oil pump to start to turn blue if would have had to reach at least 500-550 degree Fahrenheit which is around 2 to 3 times normal operating temperature. This car has to have been flat towed in gear because it explains how the crankshaft would have be able to keep turning and destroy all the rods and lack of oil flow unless some wizard was magically able to yeet them all off simultaneously with racing with low oil or coolant

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  @christopherweise438 · 3 years ago

  Apparently they're called "boxer" engines cause the rods are trying to "punch" their way out of the block.

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  @dentalnovember · 3 years ago

  Hey hey hey Mr. I read all comments, I check my oil every other time I buy gas. I check the oil every time I cut the grass. I look at the oil window every time I ride my motorcycle. I can’t afford new engines!

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  @NFS_Challenger54 · 3 years ago

  Similar story regarding Subaru engines. When I first started out at my shop, we had a costumer come in with a Subaru Forester saying he needs an axle. As a matter of fact, he bought an axle from the nearest AutoZone. I'm on the opposite side of the building doing tires, while one of my coworkers jumps into the car to bring it into the shop. As he cranked the car over and drove it into the work bay, I can immediately tell what was wrong with the car. Literally all of us stopped what we were doing and went over to the car. My boss opens the hood and checks the dipstick, NO MOTOR OIL. It was completely bone dry. All of us were astonished the guy drove it to the shop in its condition. We went over to the costumer and told him what was actually wrong. His response, and I'll never forget it, he said "My friends told me I don't need oil". My boss and I were almost facepalming ourselves. Now remember, I was a rookie just starting out. I stopped him and said to him "Think of your engine as your heart and the oil is your blood. What would happen if there were no blood flowing through to your heart?" And he said, "You'll die." Obviously, everyone knows what my response is after that. We put 5 quarts of oil in the car, which was kind of over optimistic. Fortunately, the guy lived up the road from the shop, and my boss said he would be amazed if the car even made it to the driveway. UNFORTUNATELY, the engine literally ceased about halfway in between the shop and his house, and his house isn't even 45 seconds from the shop, by car. The engine was that far gone. We helped tow the car back up to his house and the rest is history. Moral of the story to those who own a Subaru, please check your engine oil level periodically.

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  @rushthezeppelin · 3 years ago

  Wow, a valve making it's way into the oil pan is extremely impressive.  I literally made it's way to the opposite side of the journey.  Quite a journey for a top end component.

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  @Zodliness · 3 years ago

  The fact that it spun long enough to literally smooth blend everything inside, achieved the kind of carnage one submits to the Guinness book of records.

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  @dkmorris713 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I just gave a round of applause to the person that blew up this motor.  Spectacular.

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  @randyhall2135 · 3 years ago

  Two options. 1) ran with little or no oil for awhile.   2) If it was stick shift was it flat toward behind an  RV and they left in gear . If so rpm could have exceeded 12 to 15 thousand rpm.

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